The Team
The TimeFinders Team has an eclectic skill base which brings many years of practical problem solving expertise and a richness, diversity and creativity to the way we work.
Alison Hesketh:
Managing Director & Founder
Before creating TimeFinders, Alison spent over 25 years as a charity trouble-shooter, jumping into small and medium-sized charities in crisis as Acting CEO to sort out whatever trouble they found themselves in. A natural project manager, advocate and mediator, Alison supported many charities in the health, welfare and scientific sector bringing calm to the chaos of crisis.
Having supported her mother through the process of downsizing and settling into a new community, Alison continued to work for the voluntary sector before taking a break to support her mother in her final illness. After her death, Alison was asked by a good friend to support his own parent to move to somewhere more manageable and realised that there was a pressing need for this type of service. TimeFinders is the result.
Alison is particularly proud to have been invited to be a member of The Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as “an individual who can make a genuine difference to the future of their industry” and has “the requisite depth of understanding to effectively inform the nation’s key policy makers.”. She is passionate about enabling older members of our society to have their voices heard and their decisions respected and is honoured to be able to be a part of the national debate on ageing well.
It is a source of great joy that both her children have been inspired to join the company.
Kate Hesketh:
Director and Area Coordinator
Kate has a wide and varied range of interests and work backgrounds, including art history, Korean and Japanese language, opera and theatre direction and acting. She has developed impressive project management and administration skills combined with a deep natural empathy and ability to engage people through these interests, and has brought this experience to TimeFinders. She holds a dual Masters Degree in History of Art with Intensive Korean Language from the School of Oriental and African Studies. Kate has worked within TimeFinders on and off from the beginning, joinging the company full time in September 2021 and becoming a Director soon after. She is now the very proud Area Co-ordinator for TimeFinders’ amazing team of Consultants and is looking forward to growing and developing the team further in the future.
Philip Hesketh:
Director
Philip combines a busy and demanding schedule as a professional Conductor and Speaker with providing strategic support for TimeFinders. He has been instrumental in building the policies and procedures which protect and support our clients and their families as well as developing opportunities for extending our client services.
Jane Redhead-Loughe:
TimeFinder Consultant
It has always been my life-long ambition to help people to ensure their happiness and quality of life and to spend time to stimulate their minds and offer quality activities to enrich their lives.
I have been an experienced Business Development & Customer Service Manager, and now am a Company Director for my own business. I have a wide range of core management skills and have an outstanding track record of organisational skills, being an all-round team player as well as a highly respected manager. I am reliable, professional, and above all I am a self-motivated and a fun-loving individual!
Making people laugh and smile makes my heart soar and to see individuals enjoying activities that they learnt throughout their lives but have maybe not had the confidence to pick back up such as playing the piano, relearning bridge or just having the confidence to go out for a walk and a meal is just wonderful! I have a small puppy Sophie who also enriches the lives of my clients as they all seem to love having a cuddle with her!
Wendy Kinsey:
TimeFinder Consultant
I am all about kindness, showing it and giving it. I care very much about others and try my best to help and support where it is needed. This most likely stems from being a primary school teacher and special needs leader for 27 years, a mother for 30 and a wife for 35! My family and friends mean the world to me. Being born in South Africa and then emigrating to the UK 23 years ago, back to my heritage and roots has deepened my understanding of feeling isolated or lonely at times and that hard work, effort and investment in life is worth its weight in gold. Things I love are my home, my garden, designing and decorating it, food, music, dancing and above all else, travel to learn about different cultures and celebrate how beautiful people and places truly are.
Sophie Magri:
TimeFinder Consultant
My career has wound through varied paths, including agricultural events management, running a rural palliative care team within the NHS, caring for older people in their own homes, working in local authority social care, delivering health and safety training, being part of a therapy team in a hospital for people with advanced dementia, and latterly property management. The recurrent threads have always been helping people and sharing kindness. When I saw what TimeFinders offers to clients I knew I wanted to be part of it.
To see someone feel safe and happy, to bring comfort, humour, fun, is truly what I hope to do throughout every day, the driver that gets me up and out. That and an energetic Lakeland(ish) terrier and never-decreasing basket of washing!
I enjoy running as well as long walks with terrier Dot, exploring the countryside, gardening, going to the theatre, and of course listening to my husband’s fishing tales of “the one that got away”. We travel as much as possible, visiting family and friends, or to discover new places and foods.
Lily:
Chief Happiness Officer
Lily has been developing her skills as Happiness Officer since being picked up by all five members of her family from Buckinghamshire. From the very start, the poise and elegance of her ‘sit’ posture, combined with the wagginess of her tail marked her out as a rising star in the world of bringing happiness to humans everywhere. It wasn’t long until her uncanny ability to persuade various members of the family that she needed treats at any given moment was honed into an art form. Since joining the TimeFinders team as a near-infant she has performed her role admirably, bringing moments of joy to every busy office afternoon.
Chester:
Assistant Happiness Officer
Chester, the latest recruit to the TimeFinders Happiness Team, has made a most promising start. Under the tutelage of Lily, he is developing the necessary instincts for precisely when he is most needed by his humans. He still needs to curb a slight tendency to boisterousness when calm tranquillity might be preferable, and the less said about his insatiable appetite for socks and masks the better. However, his initial fluffiness is now transforming into a becoming silkiness and he is generally developing into a most impressive young man and an important member of the TimeFinders family.
